Category Archives: Political Issues

EU Overrules UK Religious Exemption Clause

The church in the UK had recently negotiated an exemption clause in the employment laws relating to sexual orientation. The UK government is being forced to remove that exemption clause said The Observer yesterday.
Due to government impositions on moral issues Christians in the US have risen to say enough is enough! 140 church leaders representing every branch [...]

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EU Costs More Than its Worth!

“According to the Commissioner for Enterprise, Gunther Verheugen, the benefits of the single market are worth around 180 billion euros a year, while the cost of complying with Brussels rules is 600 billion euros. In other words, by its own admission, the EU costs more than it’s worth. The solution? Heap the bonfire with pages [...]

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Anti-Christian UK Government Clashes With Cayman Islands

Reading about the UK government’s imposition on predominantly Christian communities in foreign territories illustrates how Darwinism V God  works itself out in the public arena.
“When St. Helena was debating its new constitution, the British Foreign Office told its leaders that they should consider removing references to Christianity because “the UK was now multi-faith.
“Territorial leaders, including Governor [...]

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Evolution To Be Taught To Primary Age In The UK

“In a letter to the British Humanist Association (BHA), which has co-ordinated the campaign for evolution on the curriculum, Johnson confirmed it would be in the final draft. Pupils will start with simple concepts of change, adaptation and natural selection illustrated by the evolution of fish to amphibians to mammals, for example.
Andrew Copson, director of [...]

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Religious Liberty in an Age of Toleration

“Religious liberty is at the heart of a free society. What can be the meaning or value of economic freedom or freedom of assembly or freedom of speech or freedom of the press if our consciences are not free to believe or disbelieve, to worship or mock, to convert to or from one belief system [...]

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The Power of Christianity: Colson’s Hero

Chuck Colson reminded his audience yesterday that it was William Wilberforce’s 250th birthday. Converted to Christianity Wilberforce thought his “change of heart” experience should lead him to leave Parliament but says Colson, “Thankfully, William Pitt, who went on to be Great Britain’s youngest prime minister, convinced him otherwise. In a letter to his dear friend, [...]

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Jesus’ Murder Squad!

I’ve been reading some bad news about what is happening to Christians in Iran  in the wake of the current political unrest. “Pressure on Iranian Christians is growing just as foreign powers are being blamed for rioting that broke out due to the electoral fraud. The argument on the influence of foreign powers is well [...]

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Richard Dawkins & The Christian Family

It’s very difficult to let go of Dawkins after reading The God Delusion. Perhaps I never will. It is not just that he is such a persuasive writer who is so anti towards Christian ideals but is so anti towards Christian parenting - they are accused of child-abuse for teaching their children Christian ideals. I [...]

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Seeing God’s Good World - Despite 9/11 - and 7/7

Tribute was paid today to the families who lost loved ones in the 7 July 2005 London bombing. Attended by the Prime Minister and the Minister for London, Tessa Jowell, Prince Charles unveiled the 52-pillar memorial representing the 52 people who died in the London Bombing.
I had just read the controversy over the GCSE creation [...]

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Religious Freedom Threat UK - Is It A Hoax?

Last week I received one of those chain letters calling for a protest against the making of a film depicting Jesus and his disciples as homosexuals. Suspicious of no link with the message I looked up the Internet and discovered it was a hoax. I no longer pass on chain letter messages as they could [...]

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